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Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) is a short experimental film directed by husband and wife team Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid. The film's narrative is circular, and revolves around repeating images whose context changes throughout the course of the film. Recurrent images include: a flower on a long driveway, a key falling, a door unlocked, a knife in a loaf of bread, a mysterious Grim Reaper-type cloaked figure, and a phone off-of-the-hook, among others. Structurally, the dreamlike (or nightmarish) atmosphere of the film is similar to David Lynch's Lost Highway
and Mulholland Drive
.

Deren and Hammid wrote, directed, and starred in the film. The original print had no score; a musical score influenced by classical Japanese music was added by Deren's second husband, Teiji Ito, in 1953. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Category:1943 films Category:Short films Category:United States National Film Registry

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